I sent the following email to conservative bloggers who support Fred Thompson for president:

Dear Friends,

I am writing to ask for your help.

All of us know the long odds faced by Fred Thompson in his efforts to win the GOP nomination for president. I’m sure you are all aware that Fred has undertaken pretty much of a do or die bus tour of Iowa in order to finish strongly in the Caucuses on January 3.

Many of you have already taken steps to support the Thompson campaign in a tangible way by placing fundraising widgets on your sidebar and writing about the campaign. In this way, each of us alone has done whatever we can to support Fred in his efforts.

But at this, the 11th hour of the campaign in Iowa, I think it would be a very effective fundraising tool if as many of us as possible were to participate in an old-fashioned Blogburst, writing a post asking readers to donate to the campaign while embedding a fundraising widget in the post for convenience.

I propose Thursday, December 27 for the Blogburst. If you have an email list, I would urge you to ask your subscribers to donate. If you know of other bloggers who support Fred, please forward this email and ask them to participate as well.

Not expecting a “money bomb” but even a few tens of thousands of dollars would help, I’m sure. Given the number of readers represented in the blogs listed here (where I got all of your email addresses) and your cooperation, I feel confident we can give a real shot in the arm to the campaign.

I don’t think any of us believe that our endorsement of Thompson alone means that much in the long run. But working together, uniting for one day and speaking with one voice, I think we could make a significant impact on Fred’s chances in Iowa. After all, when the candidate you support rolls the dice as Fred has, the least we can do is back his play to the best of our ability.

No need to respond to this email. Just do it.

Merry Christmas,

Rick Moran
Right Wing Nuthouse

If you are a blogger who supports Fred, please participate in this Blogburst. If you know of a blogger who supports Fred, I urge you to contact them and ask them to participate.

For me, it comes down to this. If Fred isn’t nominated, I doubt very much that I will show up at the polls next November. Not to punish the party but simply because there is no one in the race who would be representing my views or who I could in good conscience, support for president.

This is why despite his long shot status, every effort must be made to help Fred Thompson continue the campaign by contributing to his efforts in Iowa. I’m going to give on Thursday and I hope you do too.

UPDATE: 12/26

By sheer coincidence (I have not been in contact with the Thompson campaign) I received this email from the campaign today:

I have a terrific new TV spot. You can see it now at Fred08.com. Take a look, and forward this message on to 10 of your friends.

I need your help to put it on the air. We need to put $248,846 in the bank before 6 PM EST on Friday, December 28th to do it.

Can you help me by making a contribution today? I know I’ve asked a lot, and you’ve done a lot, but this is critical to our success. Help me make history.

The Clear Conservative Choice: Hands Down bus tour will run from today to caucus day. We have a terrific ground game in place.

All we need is air cover—which the spot on our website will provide.

It would seem that the proposed blogburst will come at an extremely fortuitous time for the Thompson campaign.

Let’s redouble our efforts to make it a big success.

UPDATE: THANKS, GLENN

Glen Reynolds linked to this post and while not endorsing Fred, obviously feels a kinship with his home state senator.

Until I get my official Blogburst post up tomorrow, please give to Fred’s campaign by filling out the convenient widget below:

I responded to your email. Count me in on the blogburst. I think it’s a great idea. Some of us are so short on time, but support Fred Thompson. I think he is the only true Conservative candidate that we have. We support him, hubby and I.

Add me to the list if this comes to fruition.

Thanks for all the work you do and Merry Christmas.

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John McDaniel Said:
3:54 pm

The original post gives incorrect/confusing info about the blogburst for Fred. Is the fund raising date, Thursday, Dec 27th or Friday, Dec 28th. There is no Thursday, Dec 28th in 2007.

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Rick Moran Said:
4:02 pm

Thanks John. I fixed it now.

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MlR Said:
4:25 pm

I know longer blog, but I’ll spread the word to some of those I read.

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MlR Said:
4:26 pm

Oops. Know = no, obviously.

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borderbum Said:
8:53 pm

Boy what a wonderful Christmas Present Rick.

On behalf of all the rest of us non-blogging FredHeads Thank-you.

I’m sure we all will do our part as well.

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Zim Said:
10:10 pm

Ok, but I will too. But Rick next Nov even Rudy would be 100% better than Hillary please don’t stay at home.

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“...reasons to support Fred…12…we must always ask… is the government better equipped than the private sector to perform the task…”

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see, that is a real knockout punch for the strict constructionist crowd. if the constitution is the authority for the laws of our nation, that position is firmly unconstitutional.

the posion cited by http://www.thirdworldcounty.us/?p=3347 simply leads to each doing what seems best. the position cited in (12) of your link totally ignores the requirement to seek first the right to address the issue at all. the rights of states is/should not be subject to the individual leader’s opinion. Much like the fed’s take-over of education, drug control, or abortion, these are powers it does not derive from constitutional authority.

additionally, what i don’t understand, from non-politicians, is why there is such an aversion to the requirement that war be declared by congress? even in the face of pearl harbor, fdr understood that constitutional duty.

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bgbest Said:
9:57 pm

TRUE CONSERVATIVES will vote for Fred Thompson, there is no other candidate even close. Paul is totally misguided on the Islamic extremists and foreign policy in general, Giuliani is too liberal, McCain will shove amnesty down our throats once he says our borders are secure, Romney makes John Kerry look consistent, and Huckabee (â€œcompassionate conservatism gone amuckâ€) is a Republican Jimmy Carter. I’ll be voting for Thompson in the SC primary with a clean conscious and telling everyone who will listen to do the same. Go Fred!!

[...] Blogbursting for Fred 26 December, 2007 Â It’s hard to get excited about many candidates. Fred is at least saying the right things. I just wish his campaign were better run. Buttle’s World will at least link to the Fred Thompson Blogburst. [...]

Well it is getting very close to the day the first caucus begins and Fred Thompson needs our help. We need to help him get out his message out and show that he is the true conservative in the Republican…

[...] Rick Moran contacted me a few days ago and asked me to participate in a blogburst to raise a few bucks for Fred Thompson’s campaign. I think it’s a fine idea and I’m participating. I’ve spent a couple months taking a very close look at the other candidates and Thompson is the person I believe should be in the White House in January, 2009. I believe this not only in my gut but in my head as well. His plans for the issues vital to each of us are detailed and make good sense. He believes the best thing the Federal government can do is to get the heck out of your hair. He wants to keep taking the fight to the Islamists instead of sitting back and reacting to their attacks on us. He believes that the best days of America are ahead of us and that the only way we’ll see them is if we all pull together, as proud Americans, and solve the problems in front of us. These are more than talking points he’s adopted to beg a few votes from the rubes. They’re more than convenient campaign slogans he grabbed a few months ago. These are principles he’s held honestly and seriously for most of his life. That means a great deal to me, and I think that if you gave it some thought, it’s be important to you too. [...]

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[...] Bob Krumm joins a nationwide blogburst for Fred Thompson: Fred Thompson is the only candidate about whom almost all Republicans can say, â€œYeah, I can support him.â€ Social conservative might like Mike Huckabee best, but there is no doubt that Fred Thompson stands with them on the issues most important to them. Fiscal conservatives might like Romney better, but you know that Fred also wonâ€™t support higher taxes and bigger government. National defense conservatives who have Giuiliani or McCain at the top of their list know that Fred Thompson is near the top of that same list. Even Ron Paul libertarians should be thrilled to have a candidate who wonâ€™t pander to Iowa farmers with promises of more taxpayer subsidies. [...]

Rick Moran at the Right Wing Nuthouse has proposed a blogburst in support of Fred Thompson.Â Count me in.Â The fact of the matter is that of the Republican candidates, Fred Thompson is the only one who is truly a conservative.Â On every issue that m…

[...] A couple of days ago, conservative blogger Rick Moran sent out an e-mail to conservative bloggers – who may consider supporting Fred Thompson – asking them whether they’d like to join a blogburst for Fred. The responses have been quite overwhelming: Rick told me yesterday that more than 100 blogs have joined the blogburst or the “marbleheaders” as they call themselves and have pledged to donate money to Thompson’s campaign today and to ask their readers to donate as well. [...]

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Matt Said:
9:45 am

Um.. has anyone looked into the actual logistical *possibility of buying, booking, and scheduling Iowa TV ads between the 29th and the caucus? There are only 2 business days (next Monday and Wednesday) in which to accomplish this. I suspect a scam

[...] Rick Moran has put together a Fred Thompson Blogburst for today, to show blogosphere support for Thompson heading into the Iowa caucuses. It’s certainly time for Fred to have a surge (and well past time for the execrable Huckabee to tank) — here’s hoping that he’ll get enough of a bump out of Iowa to remain in the race, as the electorate grows increasingly weary of and/or disgusted with the other GOP candidates. [...]

From Fred Thompson:
I am writing today because now, more than ever, I need your help.
The first leg of our Iowa bus tour last week was phenomenal. We visited with voters in 21 cities and towns and did 21 events all across the state. Everywhere we went …

[...] Farther down on this page you will find a post entitled “Substance”, Fred Thompson’s newest campaign ad.Â Yesterday the campaign brought symbolically brought back the red truck to help raise $248,846 by 6pm on December 28.Â This will allow the ad to be shown throughout Iowa until the caucus on January 3.Â Prior to that announcement conservative blogger Rick Moran at RightWing Nuthouse had conceived the idea of a “blogburst” for today.Â Here’s what Rick had to say: [...]

So, there is a blogburst for Fred! asking people to donate for the last Iowa push. Rick Moran from Right Wing Nuthouse is asking bloggers for Fred! to push the button and support the man. I am a Fred! supporter, as I feel that he is the only real small…

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Ron C Said:
5:16 pm

Last night I donated as much as I could, because I too believe it is ‘now or never’ – and I believe in the conservative base of this nation, who have been largely deprived of any information about Fred…

But – that information IS getting out, and people are moving, in Iowa, in the South, and I believe Fred will move to the front of the pack by late March.

Politics is like no other contest.. you ‘never give up’ and you can come from far behind, often in what seems a mere heartbeat.

There is no better choice than Fred in this – and many are beginning to find that out. He is the best man at the right time – and I thank God we have him.